Hanker - News - 2002
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2002-11-26 Hanker - 17 years old and still alive!
Friday, November 22, 2002 marked the 17th anniversary of the band's formation! That's right, Hanker was formed on November 22, 1985! 17 years later, Hanker is still alive and well in spite of the many «snakes» met in the course of their career. The band now have six songs completed for the upcoming album due next year.
2002-10-10 Decibels Rock will interview Pascal.
Decibels Rock will interview singer/guitarist Pascal Cliche on October 15, 2002. One of the main subjects will be the Powerpack event with Anvil on Friday November 8, 2002. Decibels Rock is broadcast on CFNJ FM 99.1 (Laval, Quebec) every Tuesday night from 9:00 PM to midnight (Eastern time).
2002-08-21 Hanker forum now online!
Hanker ForumA new discussion forum fully dedicated to Hanker is now open to everyone! It is hosted and moderated by Michel Renaud of the excellent Metal Crypt Web site. You can talk about Hanker with other fans. For example, there is a thread asking you what's your favourite Hanker album. Some other threads talk about what's the weirdest band song and a Hanker DVD. You must register if you want to post (simply click on «register» in the forum and fill the form). Note that you can post threads in either English or French. Feel free to come discuss about Hanker on the online forum.
2002-06-19 More details about the upcoming CD!
Hanker have just finished recording a raw 2 track demo CD of their upcoming album. It sounds very good for a raw demo and the songs are excellent! The songs are pure Hanker and believe me, you will not be disappointed! The 2 songs are Empower and Under Cover Of Darkness. The band has shipped this demo to some metal record labels that have shown interest in Hanker lately. The band has been in a very creative mood since the beginning of the year and now have 14 songs to choose from for their next album! No specific date yet for the upcoming release of their fourth album.
2002-04-17 Newsletter #10 is now online!
2002-04-11 New studio album in progress!
Hanker are currently working on the band's fourth album. Several songs are in construction and two are finalised so far, including one that fans had the chance to enjoy at their February 2002 gig at the Kashmir. This tune is called EMPOWER and talks about how the world has changed since the September 11, 2001 events. Empower is a power metal style fast tune with many great melodic guitars harmonies and lead breaks and lasts more than five minutes. The vocals are superb in this new composition! The fans seemed to dig the song a lot at the gig and cheered loudly at the end! It's a great tune and a very good appetizer of their next CD. For now, no official release date is available but we can expect it sometime this Fall or in early 2003.
2002-04-10 Hanker in Europe this summer?
Many rumours run that Hanker would finally play in Europe. The band strongly wishes to play for the first time in front of their European fans as early as this summer! Several discussions are in progress and we will inform you of futures developments on the Hanker Web site.
2002-03-27 Change of management
Hanker have terminated their relation with their management. To Réjean, thank you for everything and best of luck in your new role as a father. The band has now taken its future back into its own hands with new projects and a new management team that will be announced soon.
2002-03-22 Interview with Pascal Cliche
Snakepit MagazineIn the last edition of the excellent Snakepit magazine (no. 10, March 2002) now available, you can read an interesting interview with Hanker's lead singer and guitarist, Pascal Cliche. Read this interview.
2002-03-22 Hanker vinyls now available!
Cult Metal Classics RecordsIn Our World and Snakes And Ladders are now available in vinyl format in about twenty countries in Europe and Asia through Greek label Cult Metal Classics. Both albums are released as a deluxe vinyl limited edition including lyrics and photos of the band. Note that the In Our World LP contains 2 bonus songs, just like In Our World Revisited. Check the Order section or the Cult Metal Classics Web site for more information and how to buy these masterpieces. The LPs are available only as European imports for now. We will inform you of future developments.

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